Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.656
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Dress, child's. White fine cotton. Tucked yoke with hamburg insertion, wide hamburg ruffle around yoke, narrow hamburg edging around neck and sleeves. Long puffed sleeves. Broderie Anglaise ruffle around yoke, sleeves, and hems. Two-button opening at back.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-26 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Children's clothing and dress, Clothing and dress
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